Wellwood Named AHL All Star

(Jan. 26, 2005) -- The American Hockey League announced today the Team Canada lineup for the 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic that will be held at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH. Included in that list is St. John's Maple Leafs center Kyle Wellwood. This will be the second straight appearance for Wellwood at the AHL All-Star Classic.

Wellwood will represent the Blue and White at the AHL All-Star game this season. (Getty Images/NHLI)

Wellwood is the St. John's Maple Leafs team leader in goals (19) and is second on the team in points (47) and plus/minus (+14). Wellwood is seventh in AHL scoring and was named the CCM Vector / AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 31, 2004. He set a new franchise record for goals in game when he scored 5 times in an 8-3 victory over the Cleveland Barons on October 30.

Last season, Wellwood won the AHL Rookie Scoring race with 55 points (20G,35A) in 76 games.

Wellwood was a member of the Silver Medal winning Team Canada at the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia and won the William Hanley Trophy as the OHL's Most Sportsmanlike Player in 2003 with the Windsor Spitfires. Wellwood was Toronto's 5th choice, 134th overall in the 2001 Entry Draft.

Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Brad Tiley was selected to captain the Canadian team, his third career AHL All-Star Classic appearance. And because he led Milwaukee to the Calder Cup championship in 2004, Claude Noel will serve as the head coach for the Canadian AHL All-Star team.